Joe root records at manchester: England veteran batsman Joe Root has put a record of records on the Manchester ground. Root has broken many great records with a single century today. Root has come second in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Root has also surpassed former Australia captain Ricky Ponting. Let us know the five records of the root, which broke the great records of cricket and made new world records.

Second batsman to score the most runs in Tests

In the first innings of the fourth Test against India, Joe Root has reached a score of 121 to T-Breck. With this, he has 13,380 runs in Test cricket. Root has left behind Australian legend Ricky Ponting. Potting has 13,378 runs. Route, with 31 runs in this match, India’s great player Rahul Dravid and South African legendary player Jack Kallis had ahead. The name of the great player Sachin Tendulkar is on the top in this list. Sachin has scored 15,921 runs in Test cricket.

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38th century of Test cricket

Joe Root has hit this 38th century of his Test career. With this century, he has equaled Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara in the Test. Root has scored these 38 centuries in 286 innings of 157 matches. At the same time, Sangakkara has scored 38 centuries in 233 innings of 134 matches. In this list, India’s veteran Sachin Tendulkar is also named on the top. Sachin has 51 centuries in the name of Test.

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The highest century against India

In the Test of Joe Root, out of 38 centuries, 12 centuries have been scored against India. Along with a century in Manchester, he became the highest century player against India. At the same time, Australian cricketer Steve Smith has scored 11 centuries against India.

50+ score in Test cricket

Joe has scored more than 50 runs in the root test 104 times. At the same time, both Ricky Ponting of Australia and Jack Kallis of South Africa had crossed the score 103 times. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar of India is number one. Sachin has scored more than 50 runs in the Test 119 times.

1000 runs in Old Trafford completed

The fourth Test between India and England is being played at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester. Root has become the first player in the world to complete 1000 runs on this ground.

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Joe Root has created history in the Manchester Test against India. He carried out the 38th century of his Test career in 178 balls. With this, he has equaled Kumar Sangakkara in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket. Root has also made a record of scoring the most centuries against India in Tests with this. This is his total 12th Test century against India.

The highest century against India in Test

Joe Root has now scored 12 centuries against India in his historic Test career. Prior to the Manchester Test, Joe Root and Steve Smith were jointly seated in the first place with 11 centuries in this case. Now the routes have gone to the forefront. Let us know that apart from Smith and Route, no other batsman has touched the figure of 10 Test centuries against India.

• Joe Root – 12 centuries
• Steve Smith – 11 centuries
• Gary Sobers – 8 centuries
• Viv Richards – 8 centuries
• Ricky Ponting – 8 centuries

The highest century in the test

Joe Root has now jointly finished fourth in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket. Kumar Sangakkara and Joe Root now have 38 centuries in Tests. In this case, only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jack Kallis are ahead of him. Root has already become the batsman to score the most centuries for England in the first Test.

• Sachin Tendulkar – 51 centuries
• Jack Callis – 45 centuries
• Ricky Ponting – 41 centuries
• Joe Root – 41 centuries
• Kumar Sangakkara – 38 centuries

If you look at the India-England Manchester Test, England has completely dominated. India had scored 358 runs in the first innings, while England has already crossed the 400-run mark before T-Breck on the third day.

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